# 2009–10 Scottish First Division

The 2009–10 Scottish First Division was the 16th season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams.

## Promotion and relegation from 2008–09
### SPL & First Division

Relegated from Premier League to First Division
* Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Promoted from First Division to Scottish Premier League
* St Johnstone

### First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division
* Clyde
Relegated from First Division to Third Division
* Livingston
Promoted from Second Division to First Division
* Raith Rovers
* Ayr United

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (C, P) | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 72 | 32 | +40 | 73 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Dundee | 36 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 61 | |
| 3 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 58 | |
| 4 | Queen of the South | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 56 | |
| 5 | Ross County | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 56 | |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 48 | |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 42 | |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 37 | |
| 9 | Airdrie United (R) | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 33 | Qualification to the First Division play-offs |
| 10 | Ayr United (R) | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 60 | −31 | 31 | Relegation to the Second Division |

## Results

Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then does the same in the second half of the season.

### First half of season

| Home \ Away | AIR | AYR | DND | DNF | GMO | INV | PAR | QOS | RAI | ROS |
| Airdrie United | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Ayr United | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Dundee | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–3 |
| Greenock Morton | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Partick Thistle | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Queen of the South | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Raith Rovers | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| Ross County | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | |

### Second half of season

| Home \ Away | AIR | AYR | DND | DNF | GMO | INV | PAR | QOS | RAI | ROS |
| Airdrie United | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Ayr United | 1–4 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–7 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Dundee | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Greenock Morton | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 |
| Partick Thistle | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Queen of the South | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Raith Rovers | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 4–1 |
| Ross County | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

## Top scorers

    As of 15 April 2010 Sources: BBC
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Adam Rooney | Inverness CT | 24 |
| 2 | Gary Harkins | Dundee | 15 |
| 3 | Richie Foran | Inverness CT | 12 |
| 3 | Leigh Griffiths | Dundee | 12 |
| 5 | John Baird | Airdrie United | 11 |
| 6 | Liam Buchanan | Partick Thistle | 10 |
| 6 | Derek Holmes | Queen of the South | 10 |
| 6 | Peter Weatherson | Greenock Morton | 10 |
| 9 | Willie Gibson | Dunfermline Athletic | 10 |
| 9 | Jonny Hayes | Inverness CT | 10 |

## First Division play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

### Semi-finals

The ninth placed team in the First Division played the fourth placed team in the Second Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Brechin City | 3–1 | Airdrie United | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Cowdenbeath | 3–1 | Alloa Athletic | 1–1 | 2–0 |
First legs
Second legs

### Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2010–11 First Division.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cowdenbeath | 3–0 | Brechin City | 0–0 | 3–0 |
First leg
Second leg

## Kits and shirt sponsors

| Team | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsor | Notes |
| Airdrie United | Surridge Sports | St Andrew's Hospice | New home and away kits. |
| Ayr United | Surridge Sports | Paligap | New home and away kits. |
| Dundee | Bukta | Viga Athletic Clothing (Home), Bukta (Away) | New home and away kits. |
| Dunfermline Athletic | Puma | The Purvis Group | New home and away kits. |
| Greenock Morton | Bukta | Millions Chews | New home kit. |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Erreà | Flybe | New away kit. |
| Partick Thistle | Puma | Ignis asset management | New away kit. |
| Queen of the South | Surridge Sports | Peter C Haining Kitchens & Bathrooms | New home and away kits. |
| Raith Rovers | Puma | O'Connell's Bar and Diner | New home and away kits. |
| Ross County | Adidas | Highnet | New home kit. |

## Stadia

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Airdrie United | Excelsior Stadium | 10,171 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | East End Park | 11,998 |
| Dundee | Dens Park | 11,856 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Caledonian Stadium | 7,711 |
| Greenock Morton | Cappielow Park | 11,612 |
| Partick Thistle | Firhill Stadium | 10,887 |
| Queen of the South | Palmerston Park | 6,412 |
| Ross County | Victoria Park | 6,310 |
| Ayr United | Somerset Park | 10,185 |
| Raith Rovers | Stark's Park | 10,104 |